BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Macartan Humphreys\, Columbia UniversityThe case for the pre-re gistration of research designs\nlies in the distinction between ex ante an d ex post hypothesis testing.\nAccording to this view\, investigations onl y amount to strong tests if authors\ncan demonstrate that their hypotheses predate the collection of data and their\nanalysis. According to this vie w\, ex post research is inherently limited to\nbeing exploratory\, for exa mple to generate hypotheses. Any ideas which are\ngenerated by such invest igations then need to be subjected to strong tests\, where\nthe hypotheses and the design to investigate them are laid out ex ante\, before\nthe tes ts are conducted. \; This temporal requirement has an institutional\nc orollary. Just as the mandate to provide evidence for replication creates a\nneed for domain repositories\, so recording the trajectory of research through\ntime requires a registry where scholars can record\, and evaluato rs can check\,\ntemporal sequence. \; The credibility and legitimacy o f social science\nresearch depends on openness about any part of its proce ss which can affect\nevidence-based conclusions. That includes the sequenc e of research. \;Views about the need for registration (and hence a\nr egistry) originated\, and have gained most ground\, in experimental resear ch\ntraditions. A more expansive view of registration\, however\, would ar gue that it\nis equally well-suited to both large-n and (most controversia lly) small-n\nobservational studies. \;Macartan Humphreys of Columbia University will be making\nthe case for pre-registration in a talk before lunch. He will take a few\nquestions from the audience. Following a 45 min ute break\, the program will\ncontinue with a roundtable.Roundtable Partic ipants (partial list):\n\nMacartan Humphreys\, Columbia University\n\nJame s Johnson\, University of Rochester\n\nHarvey D. Palmer\, University at Bu ffalo\, SUNY \n\nAdam Levine\, Cornell UniversityPlease register here: htt ps://syracuseuniversity.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_9HazzO5DuH9IPvTSponsored by the Center for Qualitative and Multi-Method Inquiry Center at the Moyni han Institute of Global Affairs DTEND:20150505T194500Z DTSTAMP:20260515T125026Z DTSTART:20150505T154500Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:CQMI presents: Macartan Humphreys UID:RFCALITEM639144318265185112 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Macartan Humphreys< /b>\, Columbia University

The case for the pre-registration o f research designs\nlies in the distinction between ex ante and ex post hy pothesis testing.\nAccording to this view\, investigations only amount to strong tests if authors\ncan demonstrate that their hypotheses predate the collection of data and their\nanalysis. According to this view\, ex post research is inherently limited to\nbeing exploratory\, for example to gene rate hypotheses. Any ideas which are\ngenerated by such investigations the n need to be subjected to strong tests\, where\nthe hypotheses and the des ign to investigate them are laid out ex ante\, before\nthe tests are condu cted. \; This temporal requirement has an institutional\ncorollary. Ju st as the mandate to provide evidence for replication creates a\nneed for domain repositories\, so recording the trajectory of research through\ntim e requires a registry where scholars can record\, and evaluators can check \,\ntemporal sequence. \; The credibility and legitimacy of social sci ence\nresearch depends on openness about any part of its process which can affect\nevidence-based conclusions. That includes the sequence of researc h. \;

Views about the need for registration (and hence a\nregist ry) originated\, and have gained most ground\, in experimental research\nt raditions. A more expansive view of registration\, however\, would argue t hat it\nis equally well-suited to both large-n and (most controversially) small-n\nobservational studies. \;

Macartan Humphreys of Columbi a University will be making\nthe case for pre-registration in a talk befor e lunch. He will take a few\nquestions from the audience. Following a 45 m inute break\, the program will\ncontinue with a roundtable.

Roundtable Participants (partial list):

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Macartan Humphreys\, Columbia Unive rsity

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James Johnson\, University of Rochester

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Harvey D . Palmer\, University at Buffalo\, SUNY

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Adam Levine\, Cornel l University

Please register here: https://syracuseuniversity.qua ltrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_9HazzO5DuH9IPvT

Sponsored by the Cen ter for Qualitative and Multi-Method Inquiry Center at the Moynihan Instit ute of Global Affairs

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